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J1730 Absurd ignorance
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- Hero does not learn his name until after first adventure · J1730.1 entry
- The city person ignorant of the farm · J1731 entry
- Ignorance of certain foods · J1732 entry
- Why the pigs shriek. The sheep does not understand why the pig being carried to slaughter shrieks · J1733 entry
- Layman's ignorance of medicine · J1734 entry
- Fool cannot tell his right hand in the dark · J1735 entry
- Fools and the unknown animal · J1736 entry
- Foolish lover ignorant of mistress's flaws · J1737 entry
- Ignorance of religious matters · J1738 entry
- Priests (schoolmasters) ignorant of Latin · J1741 entry
- The countryman in the great world · J1742 entry
- Ignorance of dates · J1743 entry
- Ignorance of marriage relations · J1744 entry
- Absurd ignorance of sex · J1745 entry
- Ignorance of reading · J1746 entry
- The archbishop's wife and family. Fool asks what he is to talk about when guests arrive. Is told: "Their wives and family." He asks the archbishop about his family. (Cf. J2461.2.) · J1747 entry
- Absurd ignorance of the use of spectacles · J1748 entry
- Absurd ignorance – miscellaneous · J1749 entry